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SOCIETIES, ETC.
With the progress and development of a community come those beautiful little gems in the panorama of life, those forms by which members are collected together for the noble purpose of lending a helping hand to those in adversity and need, of uniting in stronger bonds of friendship, and of promoting the general good. To their credit, be it said, most communities have adapted and fostered them, and Iroquois is not the exception.
On October 3, 1866, was chartered O. H. Minor Lodge, No. 506, A.F. and A.M., Iroquois, Illinois. The following were charter members : Jolın Anderson, S. B. Norton, Putman Gaffield, Edward Peachin, Dr. Ford, W. C. Shortridge, Aaron F. Kane, John Strick- ler, F. M. Karr, Corbin Treadway, A. C. Mantor, A. C. Taylor and Amos O. Whiteman. The first officers were: S. B. Norton, W.M .; Edward Peachin, S. W .; Aaron F. Kane, J.W .; F. M. Karr, Treas .; W. T. Shortridge, Sec. The present officers are : W. H. McClain, W.M .; J. H. Karr, S.W .; A. T. Crozier, J.W .; P. B. Strickler, Treas .; B. F. Hartman, Sec. The lodge is in good condition, owns a beautiful hall, and has forty-three members.
River Lodge, No. 586, I.O.O.F., Iroquois, Illinois, was instituted by E. B. Sherman, G.M., assisted by John Shaftner, G. W., August 31, 1875. The following are the charter members: Joseph Mc- Clain, J. P. Murray, W. H. McClain, Daniel Spitler, Theodore T. Fields, Joseph Laughlin, and H. L. Easter. The first officers were: Joseph McClain, N.G .; Daniel Spitler, V.G .; J. P. Murray, Sec .; H. L. Easter, P.Sec .; Joseph Laughlin, Treas .; Joseph McClain, Rep. to G. Lodge. The present officers are : B. F. Hartman, N.G .; Henry
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Mee, V.G .; W. B. Simonds, Sec .; W. H. McClain, P.Sec .; W. S. Torbet, Treas .; W. B. Simonds, Rep. to G. Lodge. The lodge is in good condition, holds meetings in the Masonic Hall, and has twenty- three members.
The Blue Ribbon Society of the A.C.T.U. was organized, by Mrs. Trego, of Coshocton county, Ohio, in the winter of 1878-9. The records have been destroyed by fire. They have about 200 members, and meet every Friday night.
An Anti-Profane Society was formed by the Rev. L. W. Bicknell, Baptist minister, in the summer of 1879. They have over 200 mem- bers, meet every Wednesday night, and are working a great good.
A Good Templars' lodge organized May 29, 1876, has since dis- banded.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Benjamin Fry, deceased, the subject of this sketch, and whose por- trait appears in this work, was born in Virginia, July 24, 1803. Soon after his birth his parents moved to Pennsylvania, thence to Ohio, thence to Indiana, and in the fall of 1830 he came to Iroquois county, Illinois, and worked for Gurdon Hubbard at $8 per month for the first year, and $10 for the second. The third year he became a partner, and continued as such during the Black Hawk war. He was at Chi- cago at the signing of the treaty, and was one of the commissioners appointed by the governor to distribute goods to the Indians. He returned to Iroquois county, and later bought the old Vassar farm, now occupied by his sons, B. F. and M. V. B., and upon which he lived until his death, November 23, 1876. Mr. Fry was one of the first white men to brave the dangers of a life among the Indians, and men- tion of some of his adventures will be made elsewhere in the history of the township in which he was a resident.
William H. Dunning, farmer and grain-buyer, Iroquois, was born in Cayuga county, New York, April 14, 1815, and lived there until 1834, when with his parents he came to Illinois, and settled on the old Hubbard farm adjoining Iroquois, which his father had previously bought. He lived there two years with his parents, and then went to Walworth county, Wisconsin, and farmed there for thirty-two years. In 1870 he came here to Iroquois and occupied the old home- stead. In 1874 he built his present elevator, which he rented until 1876. He then engaged in grain buying and occupied his elevator. In September, 1852, he married Miss Jessie M. Tonkin, who was born in England. They have one child, Eber T., who is now practicing law at Greeley, Colorado. He owns 444 acres in this county, adjoining the village of Iroquois. His parents, Eber and Margaret (Thompson)
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Dunning, were natives of Cayuga county, New York ; were married there, and there she died. His second wife was Achsah Rogers. They came here in 1834. He died in 1862. She then moved to Sheldon, where she died in 1875.
Peter Strickler, farmer and stock-raiser, Iroquois, was born in Page county, Virginia, April 6, 1827, and lived there until 1835, when with his parents he came to Illinois and settled in this township. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-nine years of age. November 11, 1856, he married Miss Mary Ann Cline, who was born in the same place, and died here in Illinois, November 24, 1870. Of their five children four are living : Laura, Lewis, Mary E. and Alice G. July 24, 1871, he married Miss Martha Tharp, who was born in Indiana. They have two children : Frank and Hattie L. In February, 1865, he enlisted in the 155th Ill. Vol., and was in service until September 20 following. He owns 80 acres in this county, located on both sides of the line between this and Beaver townships, near the state line.
Robert Karr, farmer and stock-raiser, Iroquois, was born in Brown county, Ohio, February 7, 1815, and lived there until 1833, when, with his parents, he moved to Vermilion county, Illinois. They settled near Georgetown, where they lived until the spring of 1836, when they came to Iroquois county, and he improved a farm adjoining the one on which his father settled. He lived with his parents until October 27, 1839, when he married Miss Caroline Strickler, who was born in Shen- andoah county, Virginia. After his marriage he moved on his farm and lived there until the fall of 1866, when he came to his present place. Of their five children four are living: Catharine, Harvey, Marion and Oran. He owns 300 acres in this county, which he has earned by his own labor. Mr. Karr was an early visitor to Chicago, working there on the piers as early as 1834. He drove a team there in 1835, and many times since.
Elijah Karr, farmer and stock-raiser, Iroquois, was born in Brown county, Ohio, March 30, 1822, and lived there until 1833, when, with his parents, he moved to Vermilion county, Illinois, and settled near Georgetown. In 1836 they came to Iroquois county, and settled near Iroquois. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-four years of age, when he married Miss Hester Lambert, who was born in the same locality as he. Of their five children four are living: Brace, Ora, Flora and May ; Frank died. Mr. Karr owns 190 acres in this county which he has earned. He has made many trips to Chicago, his first being from Vermilion county while he lived there. His parents, Adam and Rebecca (Galbreath) Karr, were natives of Pennsylvania, where they were married. They moved to Ohio at an early day, and came
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here as stated. He was the first blacksmith in Iroquois. He died in 1852, and she in 1837.
James H. Karr, farmer and stock-raiser, Iroquois, was born in Brown county, Ohio, April 2, 1818, and lived there fifteen years. He received a limited common-school education, and remembers, among other class- mates, U. S. Grant. He also worked in the tannery of Jesse R. Grant on Saturdays. They moved to Vermilion county, Illinois, and settled near Georgetown. In the spring of 1836 they came to Iroquois county, and settled on a farm which now adjoins Iroquois. He lived with his parents until he was thirty-two years of age. May 9, 1850, he married Miss Mary E. Pierce, who was born in Wood county, Ohio. After his marriage he began farming on his own account, and except two years' residence in Watseka has lived in this township since. They had seven children, three living : Ella, Jennie and Burt. He has held the office of sheriff of the county two years, also road commissioner and school director. He owns 270 acres in this county, which he has earned by his own labor and management.
Ezekiel Whiteman, retired farmer, Iroquois, was born in Greene county, Ohio, February 26, 1814, and lived there nearly twenty-three years. He then came to Illinois and settled on his present place, which is located on both sides of the state line, about due east of Iro- quois. At first he lived on the Illinois side, but at present he resides in Indiana. January 1, 1837, he was married to Miss Margaret Grims- ley, who was born in Page county, Virginia. He owns about 300 acres in this neighborhood which he has earned by his own labor. He came to Illinois by ox-team and built a 14×16 log cabin and lived in it sixteen years, clearing a farm out of the timber. Most of his land was bought in Danville, Illinois, and Logansport, Indiana, the latter being the office of the canal lands commissioner.
B. F. Fry, farmer and stock-raiser, Iroquois, is a native of Iroquois county, Illinois. He was born on his present place June 15, 1837, and has always lived on the same. November 18, 1851, he married Miss Carrie Pelton. After his marriage he began farming on his own account, renting part of his father's farm for two years. He then went into a partnership with his father, which continued until the death of his father, November 23, 1876. His mother died in 1847. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and with his parents, moved to Coshoc- ton county, Ohio, when he was but three years of age. He moved to Indiana in the spring of 1830, and in the fall of the same year came to Iroquois county, Illinois. He worked for Gurdon S. Hubbard, and subsequently became the owner of the old Trading Post farm, and took a leading part in the early affairs of this neighborhood.
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Amos O. Whiteman, farmer and stock-raiser, Iroquois, was born in Greene county, Ohio, August 9, 1819, and lived there twenty years. He visited Illinois, in this neighborhood, in 1838, but returned home the same winter. In 1839 he assisted his brother to move to Newton county, Indiana. He put in a crop there for his father and hired a man to attend it. His father came in the July following and harvested the crop, returning east on August 24 of the same year. On the 27th of the same month he died. In the spring of 1840 Mr. A. O. White- man came west to Iroquois county, Illinois, where he worked on a farm, and in April, 1841, he went back to Ohio, returning November, 1842. January 1, 1843, he settled on his present place, and has lived here since, except two years in old Middleport. He held the office of county. surveyor from 1843 to 1847; justice of the peace from 1848 to 1852, and several terms since. He was then elected to fill the unexpired term of J. F. Wagner, county clerk. In 1847 he was commissioned by Gov. Ford as captain of Co. B, 9th Odd battalion of Illinois Militia, it being the first in the county. December 24, 1840, he married Miss Lydia Thomas, who was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, and died March 16, 1856. They had seven children, four living: Electa M., Louis K., Amos Lee, and Ora A. August 21, 1856, he married Margaret C. McCoy, who was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and died June 16, 1862. They had four children, one living, Harmon M. His present wife was Miss Barbara A. Strickler, who was born in Sullivan county, Tennessee. They have four children : Grace, Horace M., Blanche, and Cyrus R. He owns 498 acres in this county and 53 in Indiana, which he has earned by his own labor and management.
Martin V. B. Fry, farmer and stock-raiser, Iroquois, is a native of Iroquois county, Illinois. He was born on his present place August 13, 1841, and lived here until 1862, when he enlisted in Co. E, 76th Ill. Vol., and was in the service until June, 1865, taking part in the battles of Vicksburg, Jackson, Mobile, and the other engagements of the regiment. After the war he returned home and pursued his busi- ness of farming,-he and his brother being in partnership. April 3, 1879, he married Miss Laura A. Light, of Newton county, Indiana. He made his home in the old homestead residence until its destruction by fire, since which time he has been living with his brother.
Leander Hogle, farmer, Sheldon, is a native of Concord township, Iroquois county, Illinois. He was born September 19, 1843, and has always made his home in this county. In 1861 lie enlisted in the 51st Ill. Vol., and remained in service four years and twelve days. He was in the battles of Chickamagua, Mission Ridge, Franklin, Stone River, Atlanta campaign and the other battles of the regiment. November
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6, 1867, he married Miss Melissa Bowen, who was born in this county. They have two children : Almedia and George. After his marriage he began farming his father's farm. His parents, Leonard and Susanna (Bookless) Hogle, are natives of New York and Ohio. They were married January 4, 1829. Of their eleven children five are living : Wil- liam, Leander, Leonard, Jr., Margaret and Polly. All are married and live in this county, except Margaret, who lives at Earl Park, Indi- ana. He is living on the old homestead with his son. Mrs. Hogle died April 26,.1868.
John B. Crowl, farmer, Sheldon, was born in Xenia, Ohio, Febru- ary 9, 1822, and lived there until 1839, when with his parents he moved west, and settled in Indiana, five miles east of Bunkum, Illinois, which was their post-office. At the age of twenty-one he moved over the line to Illinois, and engaged in farming, near Bunkum, on a farm that he bought of his father, and the following year he began improv- ing liis present place. December 29, 1845, he married Miss Mary Moore, who was born in Ohio, and came to Illinois at an early date. She died August 28, 1869. They had eight children, four living: George, Martha A., Ella and Frank F. He owns 363 acres in this county, which he has earned by his own labor and management. His parents, Joseph and Aletha (Bishop) Crowl, were natives of Maryland and Virginia. They moved to Ohio when young and married there. They came west as stated, and died in February, 1852, and October, 1872, respectively.
Abram Hogle, farmer and stock-raiser, Iroquois, was born in Co- shocton county, Ohio, June 4, 1831, and lived there until 1845, when with his parents he came to Illinois and settled in Iroquois county, on his present place. He has served as school director since he became of age, and has been road commissioner for fifteen years. He also served as supervisor and justice of the peace. May 13, 1853, he mar- ried Miss Mary Strickler, who was born in Page county, Virginia. They had seven children, five living: Henry S., Herbert N., Carrie, Flora and Mina J. He owns 160 acres in this county which he has earned by his own labor. His parents, Michael and Rebecca (Noble) Hogle, were natives of New York and Virginia. They were married in Ohio, and came here as stated. He died in the spring of 1846. She is living here on the old homestead with her son.
Eli Hougland, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, was born in Co- shocton county, Ohio, November 8, 1838, and lived there about seven years, when with his parents he came west and settled in Iroquois county, Illinois. He lived with his parents nearly twenty-four years. January 16, 1862, he married Miss Adela Mantor, who was born in
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Hamilton county, Ohio, and died May 19, 1863. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the 76th Ill. Vol., and remained in service until March, 1863. On his return from the army he farmed on his father's place, and also ran a threshing machine. In 1867 he went to Missouri and engaged in improving a farm that he had previously bought. In 1874 he came back to Illinois and settled on his father's farm, where he raised two crops. He then traded his Missouri farm for his present place, and moved on it. November 8, 1866, he married Miss Helen M. Barnes, who was born in Indiana. They have five children : Ira, Edgar, Charles, James O. and Silas. He owns nearly a quarter-section in this county, which he has earned by his own labor.
Marion Karr, farmer and stock-raiser, Iroquois, was born on his father's farm in Concord township, Iroquois county, Illinois, October 20, 1846, and lived there until August, 1862, when he enlisted in the 113th Ill. Inf., and remained in the service until July 1, 1865. He served one year as corporal, and also as orderly the greater part of the time. He was in the battles of Arkansas Post, Vicksburg, and most of the other engagements of the regiment. After the war he returned home, and December 23, 1866, he was married to Miss Ann Hill, who was born in England, and came to the United States at the age of six. They have six children, five living : Sid- ney, Ernest, William, Harry and Nellie. After his marriage he rented his father's farm one year. He then moved to his father-in-law's, and has managed his farm since. His wife's parents, John B. and Ann (Ellis) Hill were natives of England. She died November 8, 1861 ; present wife was Mrs. Jackson, formerly Miss Ann Gedling, a native of England. He settled here in 1860.
Jacob H. Murray, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, is a native of Concord township, Iroquois county, Illinois. He was born November 6, 1848, on his father's farm, and has always lived at home. In 1871 he began working on his own account, farming the old homestead farm. March 31, 1878, he was married to Miss Sarah C. McCarty, who was born in Greene county, Ohio. They have one child, James S. His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Whiteman) Murray, were natives of Virginia. He came to this county in 1836. She also came at an early date. He died December 2, 1870. She is living on the old homestead. They were among the early settlers, and participated in the trials and privations of the early times.
J. W. Young, retired farmer, Iroquois, was born in Huntington county, New Jersey, June 6, 1817, and lived there seventeen years. He then moved to Coshocton county, Ohio, where he worked on a farm and clerked in a store until 1846. He then came to Iroquois and
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worked on a farm and drove stock to Milwaukee and Chicago. He lived liere about nine months, and then moved to Oliio, and in 1848 moved to Indiana, and in 1849 he again came to Iroquois county and moved into the old trading-house of Hubbard & Vasseur, and lived there four years, working the old Hubbard farm. He then came to his- present place. November 9, 1848, he married Miss Sarah C. McCay, who was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and died May 8, 1878. Of their five children two are living : Joseph McC. and Robert. Joseph married Miss Ella A. Karr, October 9, 1872. They have three chil- dren living : Edith, Blanche and Clyde. He and his brother, Robert, are farming the old homestead, their father making his home with them. He owns 302 acres in this county, which he has earned by his own labor. His capital, on coming here, was an old team and $1.50. He has held no office in the county, except connected with the school and road.
Samuel Warrick, farmer and stock-raiser, Iroquois, was born in Warren county, Ohio, June 17, 1811, and lived there until 1839, when he moved to Fountain county, Indiana, following his trade of a carpen- ter, which he learned at the age of twenty-two. In 1853 he came to his present place, and has lived here since. He served as supervisor of this township in 1866, and has also served as road commissioner, school director and township trustee. He owns 840 acres in this county, which he has earned mostly by his own labor. In March, 1835, he married Miss Delila Jenkins, who was born in Warren county, Ohio, and died in 1846. Of their five children one is living, Absalom. In February, 1848, he married Miss Eleanor Clawson, who was born in Fountain county, Indiana, and died in November, 1869. They had seven children : Alice, John, Daniel, Winona, George, Samuel C. and Eleanor. In March, 1873, he married Mrs. Short (formerly Miss Lizzie Jenner), who was born in New York city. They have three children : Pearl, Nita and James M.
L. H. Hickman, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, was born in Kent county, Delaware, May 10, 1821, and lived there until the fall of 1833. He then came to Warren county, Indiana, with his brother-in-law, his parents having died. In 1837 he went to live with his brother, who bought out his brother-in-law. April 21, 1842, he married Miss Eliza- beth J. Chenowith, who was born in Warren county, Ohio. After liis marriage he began working for himself, renting a farm several years, but subsequently buying a place. In 1854 he moved to Ash Grove, Iroquois county, Illinois, and has lived in this county since. He came to his present place in 1869. In 1872 he lost his wife. They had fourteen children, nine of whom are living: Charlotte Ann, Mary E.,
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James F., Eliza E., Sarah J., Elmer C., George A., Martha C., and Francis R. June 3, 1873, he married Miss Polly L. Hogle, who was born in this county. They have three children : Arthur, Melissa and Susan. He owns 82 acres in this county. He has not been an office seeker, and has held no office except connected with the school and road.
J. H. McClain, M.D., physician, Iroquois, was born in Wayne county, Indiana, April 5, 1825, and the following October his parents moved to Fountain county in the same state. He lived at home nine- teen years. January 11, 1844, he married Miss Catheron Henry, who was born in Scott county, West Virginia. After his marriage he engaged in farming. In 1846 he began studying medicine, and began the practice in Fountain county in 1856. In 1859 he came to Iroquois county, Illinois, and settled near Milford. In 1861 he came to Iroquois and practiced until 1864, when he moved to Kentland, Indiana. In 1868 he moved to Morocco, and in 1874 lie came back to Iroquois, and has practiced here since. The doctor has been a member of the M. E. church since 1840. There are five children in his family : Hiram H., Sarah E., William H., Rebecca E., and Charles W.
Arthur T. Crozier, physician, Iroquois, is a native of Washington county, Arkansas. He was born on his father's farm August 9, 1833. During his infancy his father died. His mother married Mr. John Shirley, and Arthur T. lived with them until he was twenty-four years of age, when he began studying medicine under Drs. Stewart and Rose, of Jackson, Mississippi, and remained with them two years. He then attended school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, for ten months, and in 1857 he graduated from the Berkshire Medical College of Massachusetts. He then practiced seven years in Arkansas, and in 1864 he came to Iroquois county, and has practiced liere since. In 1858 he married Miss Elizabeth Wright, of Arkansas. They had three children, two living : Minnie W. and Arthur M. From 1862 to 1864 the doctor had charge of the hospital at Washita, Indian territory.
Scott A. King, farmer and stock-raiser, Iroquois, was born in Rens- selaer, Indiana, October 24, 1838, and lived there about one year. He then went to Parrish Grove, Indiana, and in 1840 came to Iroquois, and in 1841 went to New York, where he lived until 1863. He then came to Sheldon, Illinois, where, in 1864, he began wagon-making. He lived there until 1870, and then went to New York, and in 1874 he settled on his present place. In March, 1875, he was married to Miss Lorette M. Hill, who was born in New York. Mr. King owns 240 acres in this county, which he has earned mostly by his own labor. His parents, George and Harriet (Nichols) King, were natives of Gen-
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esee county, New York, and were married there. They moved to Indiana in 1837.
S. K. Clarke, farmer and stock-raiser, Sheldon, is a native of Co- shocton county, Ohio. He was born September 25, 1833, and lived with his parents until he was six years of age, when they died. He then lived with a relative about nine years. He worked on a farm until he was eighteen. October 13, 1851, he was married to Miss Susan Burrell, who was born in the same locality, and died in March, 1852. He continued working by the montli until February 1, 1856, when he was married to Miss Mary Darling, who was born in Co- shocton county, Ohio. He then rented a farm until 1867, when he came to Iroquois, Illinois, and rented a farm of Dr. Fowler for three years, during which time, July 5, 1870, he lost his wife. They liad four children, three living: Celia, Susan and Franklin. October 15, 1872, he married Miss Louisa Baird, who was born in Coshocton county, Ohio. In the spring of 1876 he moved to his present place, which consists of 200 acres, which he has earned by his own labor and management. By his present marriage he had four children, three liv- ing : May Belle, Ira and Leroy.
Daniel Spitler, physician, Iroquois, was born in Page county, Vir- ginia, July 2, 1843, and came to Newton county, Indiana, with his parents in 1845, where he lived until he was twenty-one years of age. He then read medicine two years at Sheldon with Dr. Barry, and afterward one year at Rensselaer, Indiana, with Dr. Loughridge. While with Dr. Barry he also attended lectures at Rush Medical College, Chi- cago, graduating there while with Dr. Lougliridge, with whom he formed a partnership for one year. He then went to Kentland, and owing to the ill health of his wife, discontinued practice. In 1871 he came to Iroquois, and has lived here since. Marclı 21, 1877, he mar- ried Miss Irene Strickler, his present wife. She was born in this county. They have one child, Ellen E.
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